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• Sindeed

  

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  November 2, 2015

  Is getting too much combat in a prologue unadvised?

  Is getting too much combat in a prologue unadvised?

• Okan-Zeeus

  

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  November 2, 2015

  Depends what you're trying to accomplish. Writing is all about fulfilling promises. What promises to your reader are you making about your story with your prologue?

  Depends what you're trying to accomplish. Writing is all about fulfilling promises. What promises to your reader are you making about your story with your prologue?

• SpottedFawn

  

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  November 8, 2015

  Does anyone know any good guides on using Medieval Weaponry? I'm sure there are technical terms and a glossary of things I'm presently unaware of, and I'd like to know the finer points of swinging a one-handed war axe compared with a hulking great sword. If anyone has any links, that would be hugely helpful! My characters need to know what they're doing, even if their writer doesn't!

  Does anyone know any good guides on using Medieval Weaponry? I'm sure there are technical terms and a glossary of things I'm presently unaware of, and I'd like to know the finer points of swinging a one-handed war axe compared with a hulking great sword. If anyone has any links, that would be hugely helpful! My characters need to know what they're doing, even if their writer doesn't!

• Okan-Zeeus

  

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  November 8, 2015

  Skallagrim has a lot of good videos on viking and medieval weaponry, and also debunks a lot of myths about sword fighting, as well as misconceptions seen in video games. Give his stuff a look. 

  Here's an example of one of his videos I watched recently.

  Skallagrim has a lot of good videos on viking and medieval weaponry, and also debunks a lot of myths about sword fighting, as well as misconceptions seen in video games. Give his stuff a look. 

  Here's an example of one of his videos I watched recently.

• SpottedFawn

  

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  November 8, 2015

  Thank you! This looks like just what I needed. :)

  Thank you! This looks like just what I needed. :)

• Okan-Zeeus

  

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  November 8, 2015

  Funny thing? That video shows why not to do a move that I had Chases-The-Wind use at one point. :P Might have to go back and give the scene another look...

  Funny thing? That video shows why not to do a move that I had Chases-The-Wind use at one point. :P Might have to go back and give the scene another look...
• SpottedFawn

  

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  November 10, 2015

  ;) I dunno how many people will notice, haha.

  Question for you; how 'set in stone' are stories once they're submitted to Tamriel Tales? I'm wondering if I should wait till I completely finish Frost Moon to start posting chapters for editing & proofreading, or just take the plunge early December. I'm worried that as I figure out the ending, I notice that the first part is missing a crucial part or something, can I go back and add it in, or is that frowned upon?

  ;) I dunno how many people will notice, haha.

  Question for you; how 'set in stone' are stories once they're submitted to Tamriel Tales? I'm wondering if I should wait till I completely finish Frost Moon to start posting chapters for editing & proofreading, or just take the plunge early December. I'm worried that as I figure out the ending, I notice that the first part is missing a crucial part or something, can I go back and add it in, or is that frowned upon?

• Okan-Zeeus

  

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  November 10, 2015

  I personally make a lot of edits as I go. There are foreshadowing elements I've added in previous chapters that weren't there when I first posted them. Like you said, though, it's unlikely that most people will notice, at least the ones that have already read the story. That's kind of the issue. It's not that people dislike changes made later - it's that most will go over people's heads because they won't read twice. It's up to you to approach how you handle edits.

  I personally make a lot of edits as I go. There are foreshadowing elements I've added in previous chapters that weren't there when I first posted them. Like you said, though, it's unlikely that most people will notice, at least the ones that have already read the story. That's kind of the issue. It's not that people dislike changes made later - it's that most will go over people's heads because they won't read twice. It's up to you to approach how you handle edits.
• Sotek

  

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  November 10, 2015

  I'm always re visiting my older work. I think it's inevitable that most of us will find necessary at some point or other. Especially as our writing skills and abilities improve.

  The main point is, as Okan has already stated, once someone has read your work, it is unlikely that they will go though it a second time. This isn’t something I tend to ponder on. If I feel the story will benefit then I add/make the change.

  I'm always re visiting my older work. I think it's inevitable that most of us will find necessary at some point or other. Especially as our writing skills and abilities improve.

  The main point is, as Okan has already stated, once someone has read your work, it is unlikely that they will go though it a second time. This isn’t something I tend to ponder on. If I feel the story will benefit then I add/make the change.

• FishDout

  

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  November 10, 2015

  I'm always in awe of when a book series pulls off a twist late in the game and you realize it's been implied since day one. I often have the urge to - and sometimes do - change things in my writing to do something similar, but ultimately I've realized that writing in that kinda thing takes immense planning from the beginning.

  I'm always in awe of when a book series pulls off a twist late in the game and you realize it's been implied since day one. I often have the urge to - and sometimes do - change things in my writing to do something similar, but ultimately I've realized that writing in that kinda thing takes immense planning from the beginning.